Pangolinfo - Enterprise-Grade Real-Time Data Collection API

API Description

YouTube Search API — Search YouTube content by keyword and return matching results.

Authenticate with your Pangolinfo API Key to receive structured JSON data.

Request URL

POST https://scrapeapi.pangolinfo.com/api/v1/social/youtube-search

Request Headers

Parameters	Parameter value	Type	Description
Content-Type	application/json	string	Data format
Authorization	Bearer xxx	string	Authorization Token

Collection takes up to approximately 75 seconds. Set your client timeout to 90 seconds.

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
target	Yes	string	Target URL, supported ID or search keyword for this operation.
options	No	object	Optional collection settings, described below.

options Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
maxPages	No	integer	Pages to collect. Default: 1; values above 5 are capped at 5. Must be a positive integer. Default: 1 Minimum: 1 Maximum: 5
type	No	string	Search result type. Values: [“video”, “channel”]
params	No	string	YouTube search filter encoded as base64 protobuf. Overrides type when provided.
cursor	No	string \| null	Continuation cursor from the previous response. Pass the value unchanged.

Only the request parameters listed on this page are used; other fields are ignored. Pass pagination cursors back unchanged, without encoding, decoding or conversion.

One page by default, capped at five per request. Page counts must be positive integers; higher values are capped at five.

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
code	integer	Status code; 0 indicates success.
message	string	Response message; ok on success.
pointCost	number	Points charged for this request.
data	object	Collected data, with fields described below.
meta	object	Request identifier and duration in milliseconds.
billing	object	Charged units, unit price and billing rule version.

data Fields

Field	Type	Description
videos	object[]	Videos
channels	object[]	Channels
count	number	Number of result items.
pagination	object	Continuation cursor and whether more results are available.

`data.videos[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
url	string \| null	Content URL.
title	string \| null	Title
duration	number \| null	Duration
videoId	string	Video id
isShort	boolean	Is short
descriptionSnippet	string \| null	Description snippet
durationText	string \| null	Duration text
views	number \| null	View count.
shortViewCountText	string \| null	Short view count text
publishedTimeText	string \| null	Published time text
thumbnails	object[]	Thumbnails
cover	string \| null	Cover
badges	string[]	Badges
poster	object	Poster

`data.videos[].thumbnails[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
url	string	Content URL.
width	number	Width
height	number	Height

`data.videos[].poster` Fields

Field	Type	Description
nickname	string \| null	Author display name.
channelId	string \| null	Channel id
handle	string \| null	Handle
avatar	string \| null	Avatar URL.
profileUrl	string \| null	Author profile URL.
badges	string[]	Badges

`data.channels[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
channelId	string	Channel id
title	string \| null	Title
handle	string \| null	Handle
url	string	Content URL.
thumbnails	object[]	Thumbnails
descriptionSnippet	string \| null	Description snippet
subscriberCountText	string \| null	Subscriber count text
subscriberCount	number \| null	Subscriber count
videoCountText	string \| null	Video count text
videoCount	number \| null	Video count
badges	string[]	Badges

`data.channels[].thumbnails[]` Fields

Field	Type	Description
url	string	Content URL.
width	number	Width
height	number	Height

`data.pagination` Fields

Field	Type	Description
cursor	string \| null	Continuation cursor from the previous response. Pass the value unchanged.
hasMore	boolean	Whether more results are available.

Request Example

curl --request POST \
  --url https://scrapeapi.pangolinfo.com/api/v1/social/youtube-search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_PANGOLINFO_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "target": "lofi hip hop"
}'

Response Example

This excerpt shows the first item of each list. Long text and URLs are shortened; pointCost is the charge for the complete response. The playground contains the full schema.

{
  "code": 0,
  "message": "ok",
  "pointCost": 34.4,
  "data": {
    "videos": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFZHOHl-L8A",
        "title": "lofi hip hop radio 📚 beats to relax/study to",
        "duration": null,
        "videoId": "rFZHOHl-L8A",
        "isShort": false,
        "descriptionSnippet": "Spooky season is officially upon us 2026 Halloween playlist available now: https://lnk.to/halloween-lofi02 | Listen on Spotify, ...",
        "durationText": null,
        "views": 10197,
        "shortViewCountText": null,
        "publishedTimeText": null,
        "thumbnails": [
          {
            "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rFZHOHl-L8A/hq720.jpg?v=6ad62bed&sqp=-oaymwEgCOgCEMoBSFXyq4qpAxIIARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBrgC9xg=&rs=AOn4CLAvQ4rf_sYMdux1p1ObxxVXesAy0w",
            "width": 360,
            "height": 202
          }
        ],
        "cover": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rFZHOHl-L8A/hq720.jpg?v=6ad62bed&sqp=-oaymwEgCNAFEJQDSFXyq4qpAxIIARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBrgC9xg=&rs=AOn4CLAWuRauLyqoHfmvuMYDmbjmeCREpw",
        "badges": [
          "LIVE"
        ],
        "poster": {
          "nickname": "Lofi Girl",
          "channelId": "UCSJ4gkVC6NrvII8umztf0Ow",
          "handle": null,
          "avatar": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/REcZL_LGu0DaDaC-G7VIbN0uE_5l-i_dw6ZvOETRnY3pRhUmfkOq6C1MLephPZkV4VSzQAhEi_4=s88-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
          "profileUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSJ4gkVC6NrvII8umztf0Ow",
          "badges": [
            "Official Artist Channel"
          ]
        }
      }
    ],
    "channels": [],
    "count": 43,
    "pagination": {
      "cursor": "ErMDEgxsb2ZpIGhpcCBob3AaogNTQlNDQVJaU1JFRlVabTFpUnpsdFlWTkNiMkZZUVdkaFJ6bDNnZ0VMY2taYVNFOUliQzFNT0VHQ0FRdHVOakZWVEVWVk4wTlBNSUlCRFZKRWJqWXhWVXhGVlRkRFR6Q0NBU...",
      "hasMore": true
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "pg-audit-r1-youtube-search-1793954286411167200",
    "durationMs": 7991
  },
  "billing": {
    "unitPrice": 0.8,
    "ruleVersion": "social-primary-v2",
    "billedCount": 43,
    "pointCost": 34.4
  }
}

Points Usage

0.8 points per primary result.

Empty results and failed requests are not charged. Duplicate IDs are counted once within a response. Separate calls and pages are billed separately. See Social Media Reviews API billing.

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API Description

Request URL

Request Headers

Request Parameters

options Parameters

Response Fields

data Fields

`data.videos[]` Fields

`data.videos[].thumbnails[]` Fields

`data.videos[].poster` Fields

`data.channels[]` Fields

`data.channels[].thumbnails[]` Fields

Request Example

Response Example

Points Usage

Getting Started

Amazon Scrapers

E-commerce Scrapers

Social Media Scrapers

Search engine scrapers

TRO Data API

Playground

​API Description

​Request URL

​Request Headers

​Request Parameters

​options Parameters

​Response Fields

​data Fields

​data.videos[] Fields

​data.videos[].thumbnails[] Fields

​data.videos[].poster Fields

​data.channels[] Fields

​data.channels[].thumbnails[] Fields

​data.pagination Fields

​Request Example

​Response Example

​Points Usage

API Description

Request URL

Request Headers

Request Parameters

options Parameters

Response Fields

data Fields

`data.videos[]` Fields

`data.videos[].thumbnails[]` Fields

`data.videos[].poster` Fields

`data.channels[]` Fields

`data.channels[].thumbnails[]` Fields

`data.pagination` Fields

Request Example

Response Example

Points Usage